thruster
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thrus - ter -> thruster
thrust /θrʌst/ v (pt,pp thrust )
၁။ ထိုး(ထည့်)သည်။ တိုး (ဝင်၊ ထွက်) သည်။ ဘေး(ထိုး)သည်။ thrust a tip into the waiter's hand ❍ He thrust (his way) through the crowd. ❍ (fig ) My objections were thrust aside (ie dismissed). ❍ She tends to thrust herself forward too much (ie to assert herself too much).
၂။ ~ at sb (with sth)/~ sth at sb (လှံ၊ ဓား စသည်ဖြင့်) ထိုးသည်။ He thrust at me with a knife/ thrust a knife at me.
n
၁။ [C] ထိုးချက်။ ထိုးသွင်းခြင်း။ killed by a bayonet thrust.
၂။ (က) ထိုးဖောက်ခြင်း။ a deep thrust into the opponent's territory.
ခ) ဝေဖန်ခြင်း။ ခွပ်ခြင်း။
၃။ [U] (ဒုံးစက်၊ ဂျက်အင်ဂျင် စသည်၏) ကန်အား။
၄။ [U] ဆိုလိုရင်း။ What was the thrust of his argument?
❏ thrust sth/sb on/upon sb [PHRV ] စိုင်ကော်လို့ ချုံပေါ် ရောက်သည်။ ဆွမ်းခံရင်း ငှက်သင့်သည်။ Some people have greatness thrust upon them (ie become famous without wishing or trying to be). ❍ She is rather annoyed at having three extra guests suddenly thrust on her.
❏ thruster n (အာကာသယာဉ်ကို လိုရာခိုင်းမက်ရန်) ဒုံးစက် အငယ်စား။
- ‘A full paper bag was thrust at her, and the door shut, leaving her in stifled silence.’
- ‘I'm there again, fighting at the bar for a drink and suddenly a hand is thrust in front of me.’
- ‘They wax garrulous when mikes are thrust at them, and queue up, or SMS furiously to get on to reality shows.’
- ‘Rae dropped his sword from tired, numb fingers, and he saw the Guardian's blade sail through the air as it was thrust at his chest.’
- ‘I shot him a look, but was soon ambushed by a sheaf of papers being thrust at me.’
- ‘A black van pulled up, badges were thrust at me after the door opened, and I hopped in.’
- ‘Suddenly, John is thrust into a whole new world of motion, music, camaraderie and passion.’
- ‘Burly Paddy, who's at the helm, suddenly thrusts a fishing rod into my hand.’
- ‘Suddenly being thrust on to the opposite side of the fence was something of a culture shock.’
- ‘It was only through the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, that, suddenly, she was thrust into the limelight, and became our Queen.’
- ‘An empty, demanding hand is thrust at us, and we press money into it.’
- ‘He was living the rock and roll lifestyle, going to endless parties where free champagne was thrust at him and he took advantage of it.’
- ‘Suddenly she thrust her fist forward and struck the wall.’
- ‘It was a woman photographer, with dyed blonde hair showing from beneath her headscarf, who thrust me most violently out of her way.’
- ‘Then the bowl is thrust at me with battered wooden chopsticks and a porcelain spoon.’
- ‘I've got a huge family and suddenly she has been thrust into the middle of this completely different way of life.’
- ‘He sounded rather quizzical and calm despite the equivalent of an Uzi being thrust at his throat.’
- ‘This endless cycle of doctors being thrust at you like hot bullets from a machine gun has far too much potential for deadly mishaps and malpractice.’
- ‘She gasped suddenly, thrusting a hand to her head, pushing back her styled hair abruptly and entangling her fingers in it.’
- ‘So how does such a creative, quietly self-possessing group of young men handle the fame and fortune that has so suddenly been thrust upon them this year?’
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